Removing a strut insert

[Huw Powell]

You could try heat.  If there are no rubber bits to ruin, a lot of heat.

Alternatively, running with John's suggestion, perhaps a used one could 
be had from Force5?

On 7/19/2011 3:03 AM, John Lagnese wrote:
> Can you buy an entire strut assembly? It would be costly, but finished.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
> On Behalf Of Radek
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 11:23 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Removing a strut insert
>
> Hi Guys!
> It's a 90Q, 1988 - the shock (front) has probably been there for the
> last 23 years!  So far, managed to undo the big nut holding the insert
> in place (channel locks and some help from a pneumatic hammer), but the
> shock is virtually welded inside the housing.  Bentley says to put a nut
> on the piston rod, hold it with a wrench and hammer it out - ha ha!  No
> amount of pounding will make it budge.  Right now it's soaking in PB
> Blater overnight.
> Any tricks you can suggest - I was thinking of drilling a hole in the
> bottom to put more PB Blaster, but that would put a permanent hole in
> the housing - probably not a good thing.  Ideas?
> TIA
> Radek
> Ottawa, Canada.
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